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Patented Mx'. 9, 1926.

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WILLAM F. H. BRAUN AND EVELYN P. BRAUN, F WYNNEYVOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO W. F. HAROLD BRAUN AND rlOltlASv R. POWELL, TRADING AS THE DIXIE COMPANY, OF LANSDOW'NE, PENNSYLVANA.

FLOOR WAXER AN POLISHER.

Application filed August 1, 1925. Serial 310.42414.

T0 dit whom t may concern: j Y

Be it known thatV we, l/JILLIAM F. H. BRAUN and EvnLrN l?. BRAUN, `citizens oi the United States, residing at Vfynnewood,4

j polisher which shall present a neat and attractive appearance, which shall be eiiicient and reliable in use, and which shall be convenient in adjustment for waxing and polishing and for the renewal ot' waxing and polisl'iing cloths, pads or fabrics. another object ot the invention is to provide simple and reliable mechanism for turning either tace ot the pad carrier into operative post tion and for retaining it in that position vand for electing detachment of the pad carrier from the housing. Another object ot the invention is to facilitate the application and removal of pads when the pad carrier is detached.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description at the end of which the Vinvention will be claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which-` Figure 1 is a topv view with the handle detached.

Fig. 2 is a side view with parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is an end view.

Fig. et is a bottom plan -view with parts broken away.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line :3m-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective viewot one ot the parts detached, and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing a det-ail ot construction.

Referring to the drawing, 1 is a housing of the general form of a hollow semi-cylin der, and it is provided with ears 2 and with a stop 3. l is a `handle pivotally connected with the ears and co-operating with the stop. As shown the handle consists ot a wooden bar mounted in a socket 5. 6 is a generally rectangular open ended pad carrier and it is adapted to turnV in the housing and to be connected therewith and disconnected therefrom. The pad carrier has applied to its respective. faces a pad or cloth, omitted for clearness of illustration, and the pad on one face is a waxing pad and the pad on the other face is a polishing pad. There are end bars 4' and 8 movable in respect to the ends of the pad carrier. l As shown each end bar is adapted to engage the vpad rier walls at their ends and to ailord clearance as at 9, Fig. 5, at their sides. Y The clearance 9 affords spacel tor the pad. As shown each bar is notched at its end' as at 10 to receive the side wall ot the pad carrier. However, that construction is not essential in all cases. The har S is provided with a pivot 11 adapted to turn in and to be withdrawn from the bearing 1Q provided on one end wall of the housing. The bar 7 is provided with a keyway 13, Fig. 5. 111, Fig. 6 is a key. `rllhere is a fitting lo on or in the end wall o't the housing, and this key 1i is mounted in that fitting 16 so aste be turnable for turning kthe Apad carrier and endwise movable tor connecting with and disconnecting the pad carrier from the housing. The bolt of the key co-operates with the keyway 13 to pivotally support the pad carrierrin the housing and to turn the pad carrier in the housing and to disengage the pad carrier from thel housing and to connect it therewith; 17 is a spring tending to press the key endwise so that its bolt will tend to engage the keyway 13. Lock mechanism is provided tor the key. It comprises a projection 18 on the key and a pair of confronting angularly disposed notches oi" which one, 19, is vertical in Fig. Il, and of which the other, 20, is horizontal Vin Fig. 4, and between theelements or bodies In that way the waxing or polishing surface ot the pad carrier may be presented for use with the pad carrier held against rotation Normally the Fig. 7, for convenience, in which case-the opposite ends may be lsecured in closed position by a spring 22 operable i'rointhe outside by meansr of e button j lt will be obvious to those .skilled in the nrt to which the invention relates that modiiications may be milde lin details ot' construction land arrangement and in matters 'o mere 'form without departing from the spirit ci the invention which is not limited to those matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claimsniay require.

1. A floor ivaXer and polisher comprising a hollow housing of the general form of e semi-'cylinder provided ivith ears 'and a stop, a handle pivotally connected with the-ears and co-operating with the stop, @generally rectangnlr open ended pad carrier adapted` to' turn in 'the housingand to be connected und disconnected tl'iereivith, end barsv mov-y able in respect to the ends of the pad carrier and adapted to aord clearance at their sides and of which one is providednith a pivot element adapted for eo-operation with a pivot element provided on *one end Wall of the housing and of which the other is provided with a keyway, av spring pressed turnuble and endwise movable key provided at the other end-wall of the housing and adapted to detechably engage the leyway,v

and lock mechanism for the key comprising it projection onthe keyv and a pair of confronting n'ngul'arly disposed notches adapted to co-operate'ivith the projection and provided at the last mentioned end Wall of the housing.'

A floor waxer and polisher comprising a hollow housing of the general 'form of a semi-cylinder, :i handle connected with the liousingj 'a generally rectangular open ended pta-dfcarrier adapted to turn in the'housing ind to be connected and disconnected therewith, end bars movable in respect to the ends of the pad carrier and adapted to aoi'd @leere-nce at their sides, a pin andbearingin separable relation arragedb'etiveen onevoiI said bars andthe adjacent end Wall ofthe' housing, 'a spring pressed endivis'e niov-ble and tuinabl'e liey arranged between the other of Vsaid bars :in'dth'e *adjacent wall of the housing and `adapted by endwise movement to lconnect and disconnect the housing and ber. and lock mechanismfiidapted to permit the ykey to turn the pad carrier and to lock it ineitheil of two positions.

WTILLIAM F. H. BRAUN.

EVELYN P. BRAUN.`

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